Question to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs:

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities on steps that can be taken to enable local authorities to develop clean air strategies.

The Environment Act 2021 introduces a number of measures to improve local air quality management. In line with commitments in the Act, we are also currently reviewing the National Air Quality Strategy and will publish a revised Strategy in 2023. Through the Strategy we aim to strengthen our existing support and capability-building framework to ensure local authorities have the necessary tools to take local action and to clarify the powers and levers available to them. We are working across government on this Strategy, including with officials at the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities.